The battery life on these are amazing. Used them for two weeks now and still haven’t had to charge. Mic quality is fantastic. Was having issues on MS Teams until I bought these.

Great head set, comfy and I get reception in all of the rooms in the house

The quality of the jabra products is always pretty good, and this is no different. Good product, well priced, I would recommend.

Estticamente me han encantado, me parecen que son preciosos, los materiales se ven de buena calidad y parecen duraderos.
En cuanto al sonido creo que estn bastante equilibrados sin tener unos graves extremos. Son muy fciles de conectar y la conexin multipunto es muy buena.
Pero sobre todo en lo que creo que sobresalen estos auriculares es en el micrfono, son fantsticos para llamadas y en mi caso me ha funcionado bien con las principales plataformas de videoconferencias.

Por ponerle un pero creo que la diadema debera ajustar mejor porque a los que tenemos la cabeza pequea se nos caen en cuanto hacemos algn movimiento.

Gets uncomfortable after a few hours. The noise cancelling is great and the battery life is beyond amazing. Overall good price and quality for mid range headphones.

Very comfy, great build quality, sound is just fantastic, really fantastic at this price. The vol up and down buttons are located on top of the right ear cup , and would have been better either integrated into the cup itself or located further apart from each other. I have large fingers and cannot tell if i’m on the right button, my only gripe, i use my phone controls more often anyway, otherwise just amazing headphones, highly recommended

Considering this are on-ear headphones they sound pretty good, especially in the low end that would usually suffer with loss because of the poor earphone/head seal. I often use over ear type headphones because I love deep bass, in fact the first test I give any audio product is to see how it handles low frequencies, these do a pretty good job of it. The sound overall is very satisfactory.
They are very lightweight and the ear cups are comfortable, I feel no discomfort at all wearing them for hours.
Charging is done vie with supplied usb-c cable, running hours is very good, I’ve yet to need to recharge mid-session.
Bluetooth connection was easy, simply hold the on/off into position until the blue light starts flashing then it connects.
The mobile app Jabra Sound + app will carry out a test then tune the headphone to your ears, it play a bunch of high tones and asks you to press the screen when you can hear the tone, I ruined my hearing years ago at a Ice-T/Bodycount gig and I’m well over 50 now so my high end is going, last I checked I can hear up to 12Khz.
All I can say with my ruined hearing they still sound great.

Very Comfortable headphones and easy to use. The headphones are very lightweight and they look very stylish. The sound is amazing and excellent quality, they even come in a lovely case.

I’ll start with my review conclusion first! The Jebra elite 45h headphone is a minimalistic in size, super comfortable, simple but stylish, and with excellent sound quality (in all aspects: bass, treble, clarity). It offers a series of other useful functions such as very useful app control to costomise sound, innovative wind cancelling function for better outdoor conversations, OK noise cancelling, Siri/Google home/Alexa button, and super long pattern life (about 45h to 50h playback with one charge).

The only negative point might be it’s noise cancelling functionality. And that is due to being an on the ear headphone which offers less sound isolation. This may cancel out its sound cancelling functionality.

After using this for about 10 days, I think this could be the best small (on ear) headphone in the market with a reasonable price tag.

The construction quality is premium. It is very comfortable. Personally, I don’t like larger over the ear headphones because my ears warm up and I hate the warm feeling so.i can’t use over the ear headphones for more than 15-20 minutes! But the Jebra elite 45h is a small and super comfortable on the ear headphones with almost perfect characteristics.

You will be impressed in different ways using this great headphone. Few impressive characteristics are very long battery life and that 15 minutes charge will give you 10 hours play back (super useful for travelers), wind cancelling function is nice innovative for talking outdoors, and this headphone is super comfortable, you can literally not take it off your ears for the whole day!

You know what?! Just buy this! You’ll enjoy it! I promise!

Impressed right from the box itself all the way up to the quality of sound! But let’s start from the headphones and their design:

Taken out of pouch that comes in the box, I’m searching for left and right side. Figured out that it’s written on foam itself, in inner part of headphones. Materials used for headphones makes them very comfortable to wear them for longer period, without noticing you have them as they are light as well.

Before I turned them on, I downloaded app that is recommended to download for later and first time setup. I must admit I was little confused here, why would any Bluetooth headphones needs any configuration. But ok, I did that and after that I turned them on for the first time.

And here comes the magic. On first “boot up” you are guided by voice to go thru application and to setup literally most frequencies. For each ear! I do recommend to do that in extra quiet room, just like manual recommends. You still can do that later again, but why to waste time on setup instead of listening the music or any video. After setup you can set the equalizer up to your preference and you are ready to use them.

Before I talk about sound quality, there are some few other things. First is charging. For the first time when I turned them on, they came with 60% of battery. Percentage is shown in Bluetooth (android) and in app. To charge them, USB-C cable is included, it looks like it’s finally a USB-C everything. After 2 days of use I still haven’t charge them yet as I want to try time for full charge from 0-100%.

Regarding the voice assistance, you can either use Alexa or Google or Siri (iOS).

Signal strength is awesome. Went about 15-20 meters away from my phone with walls in between and had 0 signal drop or delay watching (listening) my videos on youtube.

And lastly the quality. As you have to go thru tone listening setup, headphones becomes one with you. Even at maximum volume you will not hear any distortion sound and I really like that. And you get just enough of everything, from low to high frequencies.

Do they worth the money?
Definitely. Every penny.

I am really impressed with these headphones which come in at the lower end of the price scale at nearly 90 pounds, but in no way come in at the lower end of the quality scale. Jabra is a brand I am familiar with as I have their bluetooth ear pods too and have been very impressed. These headphones are also great quality. The noise cancellation is good, they are comfortable to wear, and the sound quality (both music and speech) is also very good. It is easy to pair them with your devices, and the battery is very long lasting. These are really good and such good value for money too. Very impressed.

These give you incredible sound, excellent noise cancelling and battery life that is one of the best on the market.
The earphones are comfortable to wear, even for extended periods of time, I often watch a different tv program to my family on my iPad and these have been brilliant at shutting out the sound of the tv and allowing me to listen to my program without annoying anyone else with sound escaping.
Connection is no fuss and easy every time, the battery life is awesome being able to answer calls is a bonus .

I have owned a few Jabra earphones and headphones and currently own one as well. I have always been impressed with their sound quality and ordered it as soon as it was made available through the vine programme. It looked like a cheaper version of other Jabra headphones I have owned in the past but had some useful features which I liked.

The headphones came in packaging which was very similar to other Jabra products and gives a feeling of high quality. The unboxing experience was great as well as the headphones in their beige colour looked really nice and it comes with a charger and a bag to carry the headphones.

It was really easy to setup through the app and its really good that the app can support multiple headphones and have different profiles for different pairs. I have been using these for a couple of weeks now in different scenarios and have been really happy with the sound quality. I am normally an Over-ear headphones type of person but have enjoyed using these. They are quite comfortable and does not feel too tight over the ear due to the memory foam however it does get a bit uncomfortable after probably an hours use.

Music quality is excellent and at this price this is much better than others that I have used. I have used it for calls and surprisingly I have not had any issues with calls even for long durations. The other people on the call could hear me perfectly fine which is an issue I have noticed in cheaper headphones so I was pleasantly surprised.

Battery life is excellent as well and I have not had to charge it in a couple of weeks with a couple of hours use every day which is really great. I am not sure if it delivers the 50 hours which is mentioned in the listing but looks to be great for my usage. It accepts usb c charger which is perfect for me as I have a usb c phone as well so I dont have to carry extra cables

Considering the design and the price, I was not expecting much in terms of noise cancellation but I think the memory foam pads provide decent noise isolation and when the music is on, you can hardly hear any ambient noise.

Pros
Great sound quality
Lovely and compact design
Long battery life
Fit is comfortable for shorter durations
Jabra app is excellent
Call quality is really good
USB C charging

Cons
Not comfortable for longer time
Not much noise cancellation
Over ear design

Overall a really great pair of over ear headphones with excellent sound quality and call quality. Its just my personal preference and I feel that these might have been more comfortable if it was over ear version. Recommended – 4 stars

Como digo en el ttulo, vale mucho la pena tomar en cuenta estos cascos, y es por dos razones sobre todo: ofrecen una muy buena relacin precio-calidad y tienen una autonoma francamente inigualable.

Jabra es una marca que en el pasado me ha decepcionado porque sus productos suelen ser caros y tener un funcionamiento que sin duda no lo vale. Sin embargo, con este producto me parece que tal vez estemos ante el mejor en su rubro y rango de precio en el mercado hoy. Y eso es decir bastante! Es un logro que no me esperaba de la marca y con este producto, a la mitad de precio que prcticamente todo otro producto de la marca, Jabra demuestra que s saben lo que hacen. Creo que la marca debera intentar enfocar sus esfuerzos ms hacia ofrecerle al usuario buenos y decentes productos de precio medio y no intentar (y fallar) al ofrecer productos de gama media-alta que no llegan a cumplir las promesas.

Pero suficiente sobre eso, vamos al punto de estos cascos. Son obviamente cascos On-Ear, es decir, que van SOBRE las orejas, no dentro y no rodendolas, sino “presionando” sobre ellas. Como veremos ms abajo, el puntos a favor de estos cascos es que no presionan para nada, sino que dan una sensacin muy cmoda. Es este sentido, estos cascos me han agradado, y mucho, porque para m la comodidad es solo secundaria a un buen sonido—y eso que incluso si el sonido es como los dioses pero los cascos son incmodos, la verdad que no los aguanto ms de 5 minutos. Honestamente los cascos de tipo On-Ear son unos de mis menos preferidos de entre todos los formatos que hay, por no decir que los detesto; y es que va a ser as con mucha gente: o te gustan o los odias. Pero s dir que estos no son unos On-Ear como otros que he probado, pues ya lo digo: me han parecido muy agradables e incluso a veces me dan ganas de ponrmelos en ciertas circunstancias y con cierto tipo de msica en vez de usar, por ejemplo, mis Bose 700 (de 300) que a veces me terminan cansando las orejas—y estos de 100 no.

Y eso me lleva a lo siguiente: que creo que Jabra con estos cascos a llenado un vaco que hemos tenido hasta ahora: el que no ha habido unos cascos de muy buena calidad por un precio que no fuera exorbitante. Como digo, me ha sorprendido viniendo de una marca que cobra, en mi opinin, demasiado por sus productos. Pero de pronto salen con este, que al momento de escribir esta opinin, es el producto ms barato que tienen, y sin embargo me ha parecido uno de sus mejores. Pues bien, en trminos de calidad est ya bien posicionado en gama media, aunque en trminos de precio est en gama baja o, en todo caso, media-baja.

De modo que me parece que si no eres una persona que aborrece los On-Ear y no los puede ver ni pintados, y eres de las que busca un producto bueno a un precio correcto, vale la pena que eches un vistazo a estos cascos.

PUNTOS A FAVOR:
Precio asequible
Sonido agradable
Comodidad
Opciones de configuracin
Increble autonoma

PEGAS:
El mismo hecho de que sean On-Ear—que es una caracterstica que normalmente amas u odias
No ofrece ANC (Active Noise Cancellation)

SONIDO:
Estos cascos tienen un sonido bastante agradable. No es el sonido ms limpio y claro que hay en el mercado pero por el rango de precio en el que estn no me esperaba que lo tuvieran tampoco. Ms bien, me esperaba que tal vez fueran inferiores en este sentido a lo que son. Creo que ms bien las pegas que encuentro en el sonido—principalmente que le falta un poco de cuerpo y, digamos, presencia—tienen ms que ver con que son On-Ear que otra cosa. De modo que son en gran medida ineludibles.

No tienen unos bajos muy presentes, sin duda mayormente por lo mismo que digo arriba. Pero tambin creo que han intentado ofrecer una respuesta ms bien plana aqu, ms como lo hace Bose. Es decir que estos cascos te servirn en teora para una variedad de msica. A esto le pondra yo una salvedad, y es que para electrnica, rock, etc., es decir msica que tenga preponderancia de bajos, no son los ms adecuados. A m personalmente no me ha parecido que este sea su fuerte, en todo caso. Incluso equalizndolos en el app, simplemente el hecho de que no tengan un cierre completo en el odo (como los Over-Ear o In-Ear) hace que la potencia del bajo se escape, por decirlo as. Con esto no quiero decir que sean desagradables en estos gneros: yo he escuchado mi playlist de los 80, con esas bateras electrnicas bien presentes y esos bajos bien “sucios” del Moog por todo lado sin que me parezca que estn mal. Solo que no he sentido el mismo placer que con otros cascos. Dicho esto, para tipos de msica ms bien planos, como la clsica, el jazz, la guitarra y voz, etc., estn muy bien.

En trminos de frecuencias medias, como ya indiqu, no hay que esperar que sean muy ntidos. No obstante, se pueden conseguir unas medias agradables con el equalizador.

Algo que ha gustado bastante es que (por las mismas razones que ya menciono) las altas son muy agradables: no sibilan ni duelen ni cansan en los odos. S es cierto que merece la pena en cierta msica levantar el rango ms alto para obtener una mayor nitidez pero felizmente esto se puede hacer en un abrir y cerrar de ojos en el app.

(Prueben con una equalizacin de forma “m” invertida—entindase que no tan marcada como una W, sino ms bien levantar bien las frecuencias ms bajas, bajar ligeramente las que siguen, levantar ligeramente las medias, bajar ligeramente las que siguen, y levantar moderadamente las frecuencias ms altas luego me comentan si no obtienen un muy agradable sonido en la mayora de circunstancias con esta equalizacin personalizada.)

Como dije arriba: mi conclusin que abarca todo el rubro “sonido” es que estn muy bien por el precio.

COMODIDAD:
Es en la comodidad que me he llevado una gran sorpresa, pues yo estaba preparado para que no me gustaran para anda. Digo ms, que al ser On-Ear yo me esperaba no poder aguantarlos mucho tiempo. Sin embargo, como les han puesto un relleno grueso dentro de las almohadillas, y la diadema en s no ejerce mucha presin en los lados, la verdad es que casi ni se sienten. Es lo que ya mencion arriba: no presionan los odos como otros cascos On-Ear. De modo que los he usado durante mucho tiempo y la experiencia ha sido agradable, cmoda y sin fastidio o dolor alguno. Eso s, como no puede ser de otro modo, se pueden volver algo calurosos (especialmente en estos momentos en que hace tanto calor) ya que no hay mucha opcin de que “respiren” por dentro. Dicho esto, he probado algunos otros cascos On-Ear y debo decir que incluso en este sentido estas Jabra calientan menos las orejas que otros.

En todo caso, lo que hay que recalcar aqu es que tienen unas almohadillas muy cmodas, hechas de memory foam y cubiertas por un cuero sinttico muy suave y agradable al tacto, ejercen poca presin en los lados y se ajustan al tamao de tu cabeza (quedando perfectamente cmodos sobre en cabezas inmensas como la ma!), de modo que probablemente no te incomodarn, incluso durante largas sesiones. Y, finalmente, en la crisma llevan ese recubrimiento suave de silicona que hoy en da se est usando cada vez ms y que hace que casi ni se sientan.

AISLAMIENTO DE RUIDO (PASIVO):
Claro, esto que menciono inmediatamente arriba (el hecho de que no ejercen presin), y el hecho de que sean On-Ear, definitivamente, impactan en el sonido de las maneras que ya mencion en aquel rubro, pero tambin lo hacen con respecto del aislamiento de ruidos. Obviamente, estos no generan en realidad un sello en los odos, de modo que s que se pueden or los ruidos del entorno. Los In-Ear y Over-Ear, aunque completamente diferentes, cada uno guarda caractersticas diseadas para bloquear de manera pasiva los ruidos del exterior; los On-Ear, por su mismo formato, son muy poco adecuados para ello. Claro, estos tambin ejercen un aislamiento de ruido pasivo por el simple hecho de “obstruir” los canales auditivos, pero en todo caso es muy escaso si se lo compara con el aislamiento obtenido por las otras opciones. Es decir que si lo que ms necesitas es aislamiento de ruido tal vez ya sepas que los On-Ear no son la opcin ms adecuada para ti.

No obstante ello, en este caso encuentro que el uso del memory foam y el hecho de que tengan unas almohadillas muy suaves tiende a generar un sello un tanto mejor que otros On-Ear que he visto. De modo que puede que tambin te sorprenden un poco en este sentido—pero muy poco, cabe decir.

Luego, tambin es cierto que al tratarse de On-Ears hubiera convenido que tuvieran ANC, es decir cancelacin de ruido activa, y no lo tienen. Por el precio, es tal vez comprensible que no lo tengan, pero yo he probado cascos bastante ms baratos que s que la traen, con lo que tampoco me queda claro por qu a estas alturas no lo han incluido. Supongo que tiene un poco que ver con lo mismo que hace que cobren demasiado otros productos que no lo valen y, entonces, en este caso estn ofreciendo un producto muy bueno a un precio muy asequible, pero no querrn tampoco tirar la casa por la ventana—por ms que a nosotros nos gustara que lo hagan!

Por otro lado, si tuvieran ANC tal vez tendran que ejercer ms presin en los costados y seran menos cmodos de modo que todo es un tema de prioridades y de sopesar unas cosas con otras.

FUNCIONAMIENTO Y APP:
Ahora, como mencion ms arriba, por el precio de 100 hay ciertas concesiones en trminos de calidad sonora y de funcionamiento que uno sabe que se tienen que hacer pero en lo que respecta caractersticas disponibles (sobre todo en opciones de configuracin del app) estos estn colmados, al menos tan colmados como lo estn los cascos de Jabra que cuestan ms o menos el doble.

En trminos del app, ah s siempre me ha parecido que Jabra estaba haciendo las cosas bien. Su app ms o menos ofrece las mismas posibilidades de configuracin que ofrece Sony en su app y en comparacin con Bose—que vergonzosamente no ofrece NADA de NADA—este app es ya un salto inmenso hacia adelante. De modo que en trminos de configurabilidad, estos cascos sobresalen por encima de cualquier casco que haya yo probado al da de hoy por el mismo precio.

Ya ms en trminos del funcionamiento de los cascos en s: estos cascos no ofrecen botones tctiles ni nada por el estilo, cosa que seguramente ser una pega para algunos usuarios, pero que a m sinceramente no me incomoda para nada, ya que a menudo encuentro que la presencia de botones tctiles, aunque algo muy moderno y guay en teora, en la prctica genera ms inconvenientes que otra cosa, sobre todo porque es muy fcil accionarlos accidentalmente al reajustarse los cascos sobre la cabeza. En todo caso, los botones estn ah, de tipo tradicional, fciles de acceder y no requieren mucho ms esfuerzo que un botn tctil, la verdad sea dicha. Tal vez lo que ms me ha gustado respecto de ello es que el “botn” de encendido/apagado/emparejamiento BT es un pequeo interruptor, cosa que encuentro es ms agradable de usar que un mismo botn que hay que apretar durante varios segundos para encender y durante vario segundos para apagar, y que hay que mantener apretado durante un tiempo indeterminado (pues casi nunca concuerda con el que sale en los manuales) para poder emparejar otro dispositivo. Creo que en el caso de estos cascos han ido ms por un tema simple y prctico, prefiriendo invertir en cosas ms bien relacionadas con la calidad de sonido y comodidad. En lo que a m respecta: eso est ms que bien.

CONECTIVIDAD:
Ahora, una de las grandes peleas que tuve con Jabra en el pasado (casi literalmente estuve con soporte en un ir y venir que dur un par de meses sin lograr ninguna solucin) fue porque estaban plagados sus cascos de unos problemas graves, constantes y fundamentalmente inadmisibles por el precio del producto. Con alegra compruebo que ya han solucionado todos estos problemas con estos cascos, ya que no he tenido ningn problema con ellos. Finalmente, estos s que demuestran tener Bluetooth 5.0 dentro, pues la conexin es fcil, rpida, impecable, robusta y ofrece una muy buena calidad de audio.

Como es de esperarse, el rango es de 10 metros y en este caso no se interrumpen si no hay obstculos en el camino. La calidad del audio en trminos de lo que sale de la fuente y llega por Bluetooth es impecable. La latencia es, vamos, inexistente, pues no puedo notarla para nada. Y tal vez lo ms genial, en lo que a m respecta: que por tener BT 5.0 ya te puedes olvidar de tener que desconectar tu mvil para conectar tu ordenador, por ejemplo, pues puedes estar emparejado con hasta 10 dispositivos y puedes estar activamente conectado con 2 a la vez.

CALIDAD:
En trminos de calidad de materiales y fabricacin nunca he tenido ninguna queja respecto de Jabra ya que s se esmeran por ofrecer un producto que se ve y siente de buena calidad. En este caso son unos de los nicos cascos en la gama de precio que no tienen ese acabado de plstico brillante que grita: Barato! Siguen siendo de plstico, como uno se esperara por el precio, pero este es un plstico ms agradable y con ese acabado mate que inmediatamente sube un dispositivo de nivel en nuestras mentes. Adems, el hecho de que vengan en varias combinaciones de colores, y que todas sean sobrias, de muy buen gusto, tirando para lo elegante, los hacen unos cascos ms, digamos, sofisticados en apariencia. Hay tambin otros detalles que juegan a favor de una apariencia ms costosa: los agujeros de las almohadillas que forman las letras R y L para la oreja derecha e izquierda, respectivamente, por dar un ejemplo. Las formas muy agradables y “limpias”, es otro. En trminos generales, son unos cascos que parecen ms costosos de lo que son, cosa que no es muy comn.

En trminos de diseo y esttica tambin estn buenos, siendo lo suficientemente minimalistas, “limpios” y elegantes como para que su uso no se limite a actividades deportivas o a escuchar msica en el metro.

En conclusin: estticamente se ven muy bien.

AUTONOMA:
Tal vez en el aspecto en que estos casos sobresalen de manera increble es aqu, con sus 50 HORAS de autonoma. No me lo poda creer pero es verdad: lo he puesto a la prueba y salvo te guste tenerlos al volumen mximo todo el tiempo, puedes llegar a cubrir esas 50 hs. No hace falta recalcar lo genial y prctico que es esto. Pero adems est el detalle de la carga rpida, pues con solo unos 15 mins de carga obtienes 10 HORAS de funcionamiento!

Conclusin: no son geniales para llevar de viaje, sino lo siguiente! Aqu se han pasado, y creo que lo que no han invertido en ANC lo han invertido en darte una autonoma como pocas, la verdad. Claro, hablando de ANC, como no lo incluyen esto ayuda a que no se gaste la batera—pero he probado cada casco de la gama de precio, incluso ms costosos, con y sin ANC, que tienen una autonoma muy baja (los HoM Positive Vibration XL me vienen a la mente, que adems de tener menos de la mitad de la autonoma son muy incmodos, y cuestan 20 ms).

CONCLUSIN:
Finalmente, como ya dije arriba, en trminos de precio me parece que al menos ltimamente Jabra se ha estado pasando un poco, ponindole un precio bastante ms elevado de lo que sus productos valan, en ciertos casos, y en otros simplemente obviando el nicho del mercado que pide productos de calidad decente y agradable a precio asequible. Pues bien, creo que estos nuevos cascos vienen a ocupar dicho espacio. Y lo mejor es que ofrecen esta opcin “de bajo presupuesto” sin sacrificar mucho.

Si lo que buscas son unos On-Ear BT 5.0 decentes, agradables, cmodos, para llevar de viaje o para estarte moviendo mucho de un lado al otro, pero sin gastar demasiado, vale la pena que tomes estos en cuenta.

I love listening to music on these. The sound is clear with nice not to deep bass notes. They are lightweight with an on ear design that does block out some background noise but these are not active noise cancelling. They are very comfortable wearing them for long periods of time, and the battery lasts a ridiculous amount of time they seem to last days! They charge up really fast when you do finally need to charge them with the addition of the USBC cable.

The call quality is clear and I haven’t had a problem with anyone hearing me. The only negative I have about these is the remote buttons are not in the greatest position. They could do with being lower down and maybe a different feel for the middle button. The app is a nice addition, and you can se the EQ to your desired sound taste. Within the app there is a nice soundscape section where they have white noise or ocean waves etc to listen to. (I’m currently listening to the ocean waves while writing this review.)
They come in a nice quality pouch to stash them into when not wearing them and they fold flat for easy storage in a bag.

I’ve been using these for a few weeks, so here’s my pros and cons:

Pros:
Extremely comfortable. They are lightweight, adjust perfectly to my head and the cushions are super soft. I currently work from home and it’s great to be able to wear these for long periods, listening to music and taking video calls on them as they come in too. Usually I’d often be on hour long train journeys are I’ll be taking these in their soft case.
Easy to control. Buttons are easy to use and the direct voice assistant button is very handy. Skipping tracks etc is easy to do.
Stable connection with phone, helped by Bluetooth 5.0. Pairing was a doddle.
Battery life is excellent. Just 15mins of charge time gives 10 hours playback and they can go several days between charging. When you turn them on, you get an audio notification of the state of the battery which is a very helpful feature.
Performance in video/phone calls is excellent due to the 2-microphone call technology.

Cons:
Sound performance when listening to music is a little disappointing. I like a deep bass (the bass is fine) and balanced midrange and treble. The app for these headphones that gives you a hearing test and supposedly adapts the settings personally to your ears, and there are various settings you can manually adjust too. However, I found the top end trebles to be slightly harsh (especially in their original ‘neutral’ setting) and despite my best efforts I couldn’t get the balance how I like it.

These aren’t the first Jabra headphones I’ve used, but they are in with a chance of being the best. Like all Jabra offerings they seem well-made and look stylish. I prefer over-ear/on-ear phones to in-ear, and these are pretty comfy.

You can setup the headphones by an app which, with something I’ve never seen before, gives you a brief hearing test so it can optimise the sound from the headphones for your ears. Whether this is a gimmick or actually does something, I’m not sure; suffice to say that the sound quality is excellent; it’s clear and well-defined, while still retaining warmth.

If I have one small gripe, it’s that the inline controls aren’t too friendly, but I guess they just take some getting used to. Very pleased.

These headphones have an impressive 15 minutes of charge time to give a 10 hour life. I can’t even count the number of times I’ve decided to use something after a break of not using the item only to find I have to recharge it because it’s completely dead, taking hours to charge and ruining the fun. This is a very handy feature for last minute charging. The instructions state it takes 1.5 hours to get to full charge whereas the app says 2 hours and 20 minutes. The on/off/bluetooth button position is confusing because there’s 3 options and only 2 spaces. After trying to work it out, the whole headset became unresponsive, even though it said was it at full charge. I tried to charge it for 15 minutes and nothing. Left it another 25 minutes and finally some life to them! No quick charging here and not good for my anxiety levels. The website wasn’t particularly helpful either when searching for answers and annoyingly their phone operating hours are only Monday to Friday.

When opening, I found the box difficult to get into as the flaps are glued down strongly. Although after fighting my way in, my mum pointed out the non-obvious pull tabs on the bottom of the box. I thought these headphones were going to be massive, but these are sleek and modern, not looking at all bulky on my head. However, the fit could be slightly better, just above the ears as it has a big gap here but that’s personal preference. The comfort level is wonderful. It feels like clouds are covering my ears and the adjustability of these is as simple as sliding it smoothly to lengthen or shorten them.

In the app there are different soundscape options to help block out sound around and the headphones make the nature sounds feel like I am actually there experiencing it myself. So relaxing and calming. The sound hearing test in the app is quick and easy, I literally just tapped the screen whenever I heard a noise. I also really wanted a good pair of headphones to connect to the television and while this was easy to do, the sound was out of sync. I swapped to a different channel and it was better at about 99.9%, although this didn’t last long before it went out of sync again. Really disappointing for a 90 pair of headphones just to listen to music and answer calls on my phone only. Not really that impressed at the lack of versatility. The headset is comfortable though and I have no problem wearing them with earrings either. Phone calls are great quality and when not wanting to wear them on my ears, they are soft and comfortable around my neck and collar bone.

These lovely headphones have just become my official daily drivers, both outside and while chilling or gaming next to my computer. Straight out of the box, the packaging is second to none, very classy presentation. The headphones come with a lovely black case in case you want to store them, guides, and the charger.

The design is very simple, making it very easy to master all the buttons. It has 5 buttons in total, all sitting on the right side. There is Vol up/down buttons, separated by pause button which surprisingly works well with my windows desktop. It literally pauses videos or music when I press it. There is a mute/unmute button which I find very hand. works perfectly when gaming. The last button is the I/O which also can slide down to activate Bluetooth and connect to devices.

The connectivity is probably the best thing about this headset. It literally connects to my PC less than a second after I turn it on, so set-up wise it is amazing. You can easily switch from one device to another (PC then phone then IPAD for instance). The connection never drops based on my experience.

I tested the range yesterday. I went downstairs to open the door which is more than 15 meters away from my room. It literally worked as if I was right next to my device. However once past the 15 meters downstairs it started dropping a bit.

The build quality is very nice and doesn’t annoy at all. It is neither firm nor loose but for some reason it doesn’t sit 100% on my head, I always feel it is about to drop, but maybe that’s because of my very short hair?

Noise cancellation is decent overall, it is not the best I ever had but is very acceptable.

The battery is probably among the best as it lasts for very very long time, I can’t even stress this enough. I don’t even need to plug it properly, I just plug it to a USB next to desktop when I go out or the shower or the kitchen. So far I never heard the ‘Battery Low’ notification. It always says ‘ Battery High’.

I would therefore say that this is the best mid-range headset I ever had, very pleased with the build quality, the design, the battery life, the connectivity and the sound quality.

This is the first time I have owned anything from Jabra so I had a good play with these with an open mind. I liked the box, well presented and it came with a nice travel bag to put them in — nice touch. The headphones were nice and slim and not bulky, wearing them felt very comfortable and the design was great with the R and L identifications patterned in the ear cushions. They charge via USB but you do get a cable but no power brick or charger as such so use a USB charger you already have or a power socket that has a USB port built in. These came mostly charged so I only needed them plugged in for an hour before they were ready to go. Jabra claim 50 hours, I have used them for about 4 hours and I have about 85 percent battery remaining so I am not sure you will get 50 hours but you could certainly take these away with you and they should last you the whole holiday or trip before needing recharging and if you do want to charge them it has fast charge which means you get 10 hours of battery in just a 15 minute charge — brilliant for when you want to use them and have forgotten to charge them.

The sound is amazing — it really is, the bass is rich and the treble is sharp just how I like it but if you download the app called sound+ then you can customise the sound and eq to your taste.

There is a built in microphone in so you can answer calls if you have it connected to your phone, it sounds clear and you can access Alexa, Siri and Google assistants .

It was really easy to pair by holding the slider in the Bluetooth position and pair with your phone. It connected quickly and automatically in future uses. If you forget to turn them off it will auto go to standby then eventually switch off to save power.

I wish I could find something wrong with these, but I really can’t an these are much cheaper than some other brands out there. Superior quality and battery life — what’s not to like?

What you receive is first, Quality made headphones, the style, design and build are superb, you really have that feel the quality just by holding them.

Fully adjustable band, which is padded, very light weight and very comfortable to wear.

The headphones are bluetooth, which means they will connect to any device which has the bluetooth function, such as your smart phone, iPad, iPod, Alexa etc

Hooked these up to my iPhone, and popped a bit of music on, a wow moment, musically these are very good, they have a great range, highs nice and clean and crisp, mids very even and the bass was spot on.

These can also be voice activated with Alexa, Siri, Google, plus there is a Jabra app which is well worth downloading, bit like having a pocket equaliser with you.

I’ve worked in Audio retail for most of my working life, which is near to 30 years, and have listened and sold many headphones, Sony, Bose, Sennheiser, Denon, Panasonic to list a few, these are without doubt for the money some of the best musical Headphones, I’ve experienced. You’ll not be disappointed

We received this product through the Amazon Vine review program.

Brand & Packaging:- We had heard of the Jabra brand before but knew very little and had no purchasing experience. A work colleague speaks very highly of them (he has in-ear Jabra headphones) so we were keen to try them.

The first thing we noticed was how amazing the packaging is. Jabra have obviously spent some time and effort on the design – not just of the headphones, but the whole package. It all exudes quality.
Here are our thoughts on these Jabra headphones:-

* Sound quality — Superb! Currently listening to BBC cricket and the sound quality is great. Tried a few bands of different musical genres — no complaints for rock, indie, pop and talking podcasts.

* Easy of Bluetooth pairing — loved it! We had voice instructions on first use and it tells you if it is connected when you turn it on. We love this feature — saves looking at phone for the headphone symbol for active Bluetooth connection.

* Call quality — we’ve taken a few calls on this already. Call quality has been great — no issues with either party — clear voice quality both ends

* Battery length — 50 hours play time with only 1.5 charge time. This is amazing. On day three I’m still on medium charge and I forgot to turn it off for quite some time. We really liked the battery notification feature when you first turn it on.

* Charging — a USB type C cable is provided. You don’t get a USB plug but I have enough of these and didn’t expect one anyway. Amber flashing light when charging turns to flashing green as it get near full charge. This is a nice touch. It is good to have an indication of the charge levels when its plugged in. b

* Comfort — They are very comfortable. The memory foam earpieces are very soft and even after a few hours of usage there was no need to adjust as there was no ear discomfort at all. Like with all other headphones that are not in-ear, it can be a bit annoying if you wear glasses but we quickly found comfy positioning. We did find them a little warm to wear but it’s one of the warmest spells of the year so this isn’t necessarily a negative.

* Travel bag — these headphones come with a draw-string style travel pouch. This is not a hard shell case and it is to protect from scratches more than being crushed in laptop bag or suitcase.

* Jabra Sound+ App — Installation is quick and easy. The App is good. We liked it — especially the interactive get to know your headphones feature. We registered our headphones through the App for 2 years warranty. We liked the soundscapes feature – where you can play background noise. The nature ones are very relaxing. These could be good for meditation sessions. Unsure about sharing location data with Jabra for find my headset so we left this off.

Overall recommendation — We are delighted with this product. We simply can not fault it. It would make an amazing gift.

Jabra Headphones review

I’m so happy I got these, I desperately needed new headphones! These are absolutely perfect for me!
Good points
– they don’t hurt my ears, they are lovely and soft on the ear and on the band. I wore them for a good few hours and my ears were fine! However this could vary with different people I expect.
– There’s grippy material on the band to prevent them slipping off which works when not going crazy of course (working out etc)
– Wonderful quality and look very sleek
– True to their word about the battery! They have lasted for ages!
– The app is easy to use and adjusts to your personal hearing needs, you can also choose different settings like bass boost (my favourite for music) and many more! Will show in a photo
– Easily connects to devices with no issues at all
– Iv just had a phone call with my mum to trial out the mic, it’s perfect! I left my phone in the kitchen while I walked off and I could hear her clearly and she could hear me as if I was right next to my phone (which blew her mind) and she was shocked by them not using wires (lol)
– The sound quality is great for the price in my opinion, Iv used Bose (my partners) in the past which of course are amazing with their sound but at a huge price. These aren’t as good (sound quality wise) but you’re not paying massively and you are still getting a good quality sound. Much better than what Iv always had (mostly Sony 50 ones or less) these are far superior compared to those. Not to mention the Bluetooth, mic, battery etc (what Iv mentioned above)
– Not much noise leakage when on ears (especially not if you’re not blasting your music)

Bad points
– maybe more colour choices
– Not great for working out unless it’s an exercise with minimal head movement, they will still slip off if you’re really bending right over or jumping about.
– And of course it’s only Bluetooth, so you won’t be able to plug in and use a wire!

Very impressed and happy with them!

This is the first time I’ve had this brand of headphones and I’m incredibly impressed! I tested these against two pairs of Sony wireless overhead headphones. One pair of Sony is over ear and one pair is on ear which is thae same as these Jabra ones.

In terms of comfort the Jabra are more comfortable than the Sony on ear but not quite as comfortable as the Sony over ear. I guess over ear just wins for me in comfort, however you are sacrificing size and portability for this. The Sony, or any over ear headphones are bigger and more bulky. In terms of storage and size, these Jabra headphones don’t actually fold. I don’t know if I’m missing something as they state that they fold (they are very bendy) but there doesn’t seem to be a way to fold them up – but you can lie the ear pieces flat and it also comes with a storage bag.

The other important factor for me is Bluetooth connectivity. They connected immediately with my iPhone and I had absolutely no problems at all. The app you can download is also fantastic and when I tested the sound without the app (before I did the personalization), the sound quality was not even comparable. After you’ve personalized with the app the sound quality improves so significantly it’s astounding. (You do a sort of sound test on the app where are you clicking if you hear a sound in each ear.)

So onto the most important factor when buying headphones, the sound. The sound is really excellent and compares with the high end headphones I’ve used in the past. I’m surprised that for this cost you can get this good quality sound. I tested it with Van Halen (husbands choice but a good test!) and did a comparison with my best headphones and these blew them out of the water! Given that my favourite headphones are multiple times the cost of these; that’s impressive! (Just to say that the Jabra headphones pre the app sound test would have failed to beat most of my other headphones, so downloading the jabra spind + app and completing the personalisation sound test is well worth it.)

All the bass notes and richness come through and you have great sound quality. It’s helped by both the lack of surrounding noise and lack of noise leakage. You can hear very little background noise with these on and others around you can hear very little of what you’re listening to!

Now onto calls. With voice calls, the person on the other end comes through really well but when you are speaking it does sound a bit like you are in a very large room. There’s some echo. That’s OK and doesn’t really annoy me but it could annoy some people. The sound quality for the caller is good and there’s no issue there. I don’t really use my headphones for calls so it’s not a huge negative for me.

Battery life is great. Great that a small charge can give you a lot of play time tok. I’ll come back to the review and update if the battery life begins to deteriorate.

I give these a huge thumbs up – my new favourite headphones.

I received these Jabra Elite 45h Wireless On-Ear Headphones for free as part of the Amazon Vine review programme. They’re my favourite review item of 2020 so far! They have surpassed my expectations in every respect.

I knew of Jabra from their voice-conferencing products, I’ve reviewed one or two of them previously. So my expectation was that these headphones would prioritise voice quality over everything else. I didn’t expect them to deliver such fantastic audio quality for music.

To put into context how much I love listening to music on these headphones, here’s a couple of facts:

1) I prefer the sound from these 90 headphones compared to my 300+ (at launch) V-MODA Crossfade 2 Wireless headphones, which have larger over-the-ear cups than the Jabra Elites.
2) I’ve been re-listening to lots of my favourite music, because it sounds so different on the Elites, in a very good way!

A quick note on my testing methodology: I’m using Spotify on High audio quality (320kbps). I have the Jabra Elite’s paired with my OnePlus 7T smartphone over Bluetooth. On my PC I have my V-MODA headphones connected via 3.5mm jack. As I’m playing music on Spotify, I change the output device between my phone and PC and quickly swap headphones while playing music. I listen to lots of weird electronic music.

I don’t class myself as a true audiophile. I’m just a guy who loves dance and chill-out music. I try not to be pretentious in my reviews, whilst trying to describe my audio experiences as accurately as I can.

So how exactly do the Jabra Elites sound different? The first thing I noticed, almost as soon as I put them on, is how expansive they sound. It’s almost like the sound is coming from outside the headphones, spaced widely on either side of me. I really like this effect, it’s subtle and not overpowering. The other aspect I quickly noticed was the sound clarity – all the musical instruments just sound so crisp and clear and well separated, not muddy or mixed together at all.

I never expected to prefer the sound from these 90 headphones over my 300 V-MODAs. I’m honestly blown away. To my ears, the Elites don’t just sound a little better, they’re in a whole different league.

I don’t often listen to music at loud volumes. If the music hurts my ears, that’s not enjoyable for me. But with these Elites, I found it irresistible to turn the volume up quite high because music sounds that good.

For me, sound quality with music is the most important factor with headphones, everything else is secondary. Having said that, every other feature and function of the Jabra Elites is excellent. I literally cannot fault them in any way.

The buttons on the cups are easy to use and intuitive, I quickly got used to them. The headset is super comfortable and lightweight.

Aesthetically, when I first took the Elites out of the box, I was underwhelmed. They looked so inoffensive, understated and almost corporate-looking in their blandness. Maybe even a little cheap? It’s fair to say I didn’t have high expectations based on looks. But these headphones are truly a wolf in sheep’s clothing. You really cannot judge a book by its cover.

But now I’ve experienced their exceptional audio performance, I think it’s kinda cool that they don’t look super fancy. These are stealth headphones – plain looks, killer performance.

The Jabra+ smartphone app is well-polished and has plenty of useful features, including a graphic equalizer to adjust the sound to your preferences. It has a “Your Sound” feature which apparently adjusts the sound to your personal hearing abilities. I’m unsure how much difference this makes in practice for me personally, but it seems like a nice touch.

The app also features a range of “noise canceling” sounds which you can play to block out external noise. These range from a babbling brook, to thunderstorms, to a chattering crowd. The thunderstorm sounded so realistic it made the hairs on my arms stand up and I almost felt I could smell the rain in the air. If you’re working in a noisy environment and need to concentrate, I have no doubt these Elites have you covered.

Most headphones aren’t designed to be worn in bed, often becoming uncomfortable if you lie on your side. But I usually fall asleep listening to music on headphones, so I wanted to see how the Elites perform. My usual nighttime headphones are some cheap 20 Sony ones. They produce adequate sound and they’re cheap enough that I don’t mind if I accidentally break them in my sleep. To my amazement, the Elites were comfortable when lying on my side, even more than my cheap Sonys. I wouldn’t recommend wearing the Elites in bed all the time though – I’d be horrified if I broke them!

I haven’t even tested the in-built microphones yet. But knowing how good the other Jabra audio-conferencing products are, I have no doubt that voice control will be superb with this headset.

As icing on the cake, a 45 hour battery seems impossible for such a lightweight headset. And yet, it’s true.

Thank you Jabra, for the most pleasant surprise of 2020. My ears and I are truly grateful.